Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Baskets of Hope - keep on sewing

Bonita brought in lots of basket blocks for the Baskets of Hope campaign which began during Shop Hop. Each of her blocks serve as an entry in the drawing for the Janome Sewing Machine and Sew Steady Table. Bonita brought brightly colored baskets to use in quilts for children’s charities, but you can also make red/white/blue baskets for Wounded Warriors, or pink baskets for breast cancer research charities. It’s not too late to enter – all entries must be in by June 30 and each block you turn in counts as an entry. Each shop in the Shop Hop will be sponsoring sewing days during the summer to turn all the blocks into quilts, so check our newsletter to find the dates we’ll be sewing here at Little Quilts. Winner of the grand prize will be announced in August. Working together we CAN make a difference!This block is from the Intown Quilters pattern. They make this quilt. CUTE~

Once upon a time...

Three ladies met at Quilt Guild. They started making small quilts as wall hangings. These "little quilts" became so popular and before the girls knew it, they were selling them. The three ladies were so busy making small quilts, in 1986, they decided to sell kits so people could make thier own "little quilts." Not too long after that, they started designing thier own patterns. What started out as a "hobby" turned into a "little" business of selling kits and patterns. The three ladies wanted to be able to offer more to thier customers so in 1998, Little Quilts opened in an old corn mill in Marietta... and the rest, as they say, is history.